Morning journal and courier., 1887-12-07
THE VOTING YESTERDAY.

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| great surprise to most people. Everybody
| exclaimed, 'I thought the case would go
against the old pile Two to one." But it
didn't; hence the surprise. The majority in
favor of retaining the State House is over
| 1900. The State House question seemed to
| overshadow, with the general public, the
| other issues, but there were lively times
enough over those. There was talk in seve-
raj of the wards last night among staunch
friends of the State House of having jubi-
lee and jollifcation over the result, but lead
ers were wanted and the matter fell through
As it was, there was some cheering over the
result. The old State House looked calm and
serene and as dirty as ever last night and it's
friends went home satisfied that they had
done good days work. The opponents Ia
mented the result and said this turn or the
tide launches the State House question once
more upon an unoEending and patient pub
lie. Now we shall see more debates in the
Common Council, read more articles on the
State House, quarrel over what repairs shall
| be made and wrangle over what uses the old
pile shall be put to. Shall it be used for the
| public library? One of our leading aldermen
says that is the use it should be put to in part
and says it will easily hold half million
volumes besides being used for other pur-
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the free library accommodations.
| But the election returns had a more vital
individual interest to many than the old
State House question. It was a beautiful
day for an election day-a day usually slop-
| py wet and generally disagreeable.
| The little store on Center street under the
Atheneum was crowded last night, as this
| was the place where the election returns were
| received. The place was SO full of people
| that the doors had to be closed and those
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/ hardly get within stones throw of it. They
had to be content with hearing the returns
| passed along the line. Inside Attorney John
G. Gallagher acted as town moderator in
highly satisfactory manner, and John 5.
Fowler as city moderator.
The result of the voting of the First ward
was ascertained soon after six O'Clock and all
| of the returns were in at ten o'clock. Many
of the city officials were present to hear the
| result and seemed deeply interested. Among
Agent Reynolds, John Gilbert, Selectman
Feldman, Alderman Kennedy, Alderman
| elect Kent and ex-Judge Joseph Sheldon,
Captain L. O'Brien, Assessor Dunn, Colonel
| George M. White, Henry S. Cooper ga. N,
| Alderman Clancy, Joseph Bromley and many
| more.
| On the board of selectmen the four Dem
ocrats who are now members were reelected.
They are Reynolds, Cooper, Klenke and
Brown. The three Republicans elected are
| Colonel White, Louis Feldman and Alfred
Hughes the two former being reelected. Mr..
| Hughes is the only new member. He is
| popular farmer of the Twelfth ward, in the
1 Annex William S. Beecher did not get
| there and it is not much to his regret that
| he was not elected. He has been member
of the board for four years, and has always
| been active and faithful, and faithful and
| very efficient town officer. The board stands
as usual, four Democrats and three Repub-
licans.
For town agent James Reynolds was re-
elected, notwithstanding an effort to have
his name scratched, which was unsuccessful.
His majority is a large increase over that
which he received last year, when it was about
$50. Yesterday he received majority of
over 900.
John H. Rowland, the present incumbent
| of the Office of registrar of vital statistics,
was defeated by. the Democratic nominee,
James J. Carr. Mr.. Ruwland's friends made
a brave effort to re elect him, but the odds
| were too much against them.
Of course Tax Collector Tuttle and Philip
Hugo, town clerk, and City Treasurer WEIGH
are reelected, their names being on both
tickets.
On the city ticket there was great deal of
pasting and scratching of names.
| In the Seventh ward the contest on the
| ward nominations was a decidedly hot one.
The Sullivan faction won in the conventions,
but the Sheridan faction came out ahead at
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Gilhuly was elected alderman in the Sixth
| ward. There was deal in this ward, but
its purpose was not availed One of the
members of the council from this
ward is George W.. Bromley,
tate dealer. He will no doubt
render efficient service In that Office. James
P Martin was also elected a councilman on
the Democratic ticket. He made very
| creditable run, going ahead on the ward
ticket, which shows him to be very popu-
lar Young aspirant for political honors.
In the Fifth ward it is to be regretted that
Mr.. Douglass was not reelected alderman.
| He was defeated by only six votes, and would
have defeated Councilman Charles Kleiner
but for the depositing of thirteen Republican
votes in the wrong box. Mr.. Douglass came
| very near carrying a Democratic ward and
demonstrated anew his rare strength and
| popularity as a candidate His opponent
| was also one of the most available men on
| the other side, and has been president of the
common council the past year, making very
| good record.
There was a hard fight on the ward ticket
in the Fourth. Alderman Wines failed to
be reelected, but the ward is allowed to be
Democratic as a rule. The contest was very
close and Morris T. Lynch was elected only
| by full vote being brought out. His ma
jority was very small
| License was carried again by a large ma
jority-3,201.
; In summing up the results as to the Com
mon Council it is found that the Democrats
have succeeded in obtaining slight MAORI
ty in both city boards. For the past year
} there were an equal number of Democrats
and Republicans in both the board Of alder
men and board of councilmen.
In 1885 the Democrats had majority of
six in the council, but last year the Republi
| cans rallied and made tie.
The Democratic majority was obtained in
I 4 L. I, oRa
| of this ward were greatly surprised when
| their candidate was defeated and Alderman
Edward Wines was elected in place of their
. man. They worked hard this
| year to prevent a repetition and were sue
cessful Mr.. Morris T. Lynch, proprietor of
} a Church street saloon, was re elected by a
majority of thirty-eight votes over Mr..
Wines. In this ward the Republicans lose
their man, thus giving the Democrats ma
jority in the board of aldermen.
The changes in this board are as follows:
In the First ward Mr.. Frank G. Bushnell,
Republican, succeeds Alderman George B.
Martin, Republican. In the Second ward the
popular John w. Kennedy, Republican, was
re. elected in a Democratic ward. In the
| Third weird William Noonan vacates in favor
of Mr.. James E. McGann. In the Fifth ward
| Frank D. Grinnell is succeeded by Attorney
Charles Kleiner, who leaves the presiding
chair of the board of councilmen to take a
seat in the aldermanic chamber.
In the Sixth ward, which is Democratic,
James II. Flagg will be succeeded by Daniel
S. Gilhuly.
In the Seventh ward there was quite
struggle AS is well known, Alderman Rich
ard N. Sheridan and John J. Sullivan were
the two Democratic nominees in this ward.
There was much interest displayed over the
result. Alderman Sheridan ran on an indie
pendent Democratic ticket and was elected,
thus defeating the regular Democratic nomi-
nee. Mr.. Sullivan. The results in this ward
when announced at late hour, they being
the last brought in, brought forth great ap-
plauss.
The Eighth, a Republican ward, reelected
the we'll known principal of the High school,
Mr.. j. D. Whitmore. In the Ninth ward
Councilman Clarence D. Newcomb, Rep. was
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